News …
Sirius completes XM acquisition. Music fans throughout the world rejoice for no longer having to choose when selecting satellite radio - Reuters
Faith Hill to perform theme song for NBC's "Sunday Night Football" -UPI
Looks like George Carlin will get the last laugh after all - Associated Press
Ludacris, Keith Sweat and Widespread Panic among the artists and bands to be inducted into the Georgia Music Hall Of Fame - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution / Access Atlanta
Catching up with Melanie - The Intelligencer / PhillyBurbs.com
Record producer Michael Berniker passes at 73 - The New York Times (registration may be required)
Views …
Little Feat in Edinburgh - "With seven excellent performers on stage at once, the problem is who to concentrate on, not whether there's anything to look at." - Edinburgh Evening News
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings in Seattle - " … are the real R&B deal" - Seattle Times
Tom Waits in Scotland - "During the two-hour performance that followed, Waits wove a spell as intricate and engaging as that of any performer I can remember seeing on a musical stage." - The Times Online U.K.
Wilco in Alaska - "Though reviewers and record labels like to define the band's music - every band's music - Wilco defies catagories." - Anchorage Daily News
Jonas Brothers in Cincinnati - "The brothers - and their four-man band and eight-piece string section - played upon a huge multi-level stage set with moving lifts and risers and a catwalk stretching into the crowd." - Cincinnati Enquirer / Cincinnati.com
Seal and Nikka Costa in Costa Mesa, California - " … had no problem heating things up at Pacific Amphitheatre." - Orange County Register
They Say It's Their Birthday … (Or so says Associated Press)
Neal Doughty (REO Speedwagon) is 62
Geddy Lee (Rush) is 55
Patti Scialfa (Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band) is 55
Martina McBride is 42
Chris Gorman (Belly) is 41
Wanya Morris (Boyz II Men) is 35
Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley) is 31